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ROTAMETER Filed'Dec. ll, 1937 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 construction and generally to improve and make Patented Sept. 20, 1938 PATENT OFFICE aorAMEm Adelbert' x. mener and Gustav B. rasche, Philadelphia, Pa., assixnors to Schutte & Koerting Co., Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation oi' Pennsylvania Application December 11, 1937, No.'179,272

2 Claims.

The principal objects of the present inventiony are to provide for interchan'ging the tubes without disturbing the piping, to provide for removing and replacing the rotor without disturbing the tube and its packings, to provide for cleaning vthe inside of the tube without disturbing the piping or removing any part o f the instrument except one pipe plug, thereby saving time,l to facilitate lthe arrangement of piping and connections therefor; to reduce the number of parts or more accurately separate parts involved in the more convenient the installation and operation .of rotameters. g

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description at the end of which the invention will be claimed.

Generally stated the invention comprises a unitary structure, including heads provided with iittings for the pipe connection and columns connecting the heads, one of said heads having means consisting of the provision of space and adapted to accommodate endwise movement of f 'the tube so that the tube-can be mounted and dismounted when the packing glands are backed oi and without disconnecting thepipe connection.` v

The invention also comprises the improvements to be presently described and ilnallyv claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which, ,Y

Figure 1 is av vertical sectional-view of a r0- tameter embodying features of the invention.

-' Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. l y

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 1, embodying a modiilcation of the invention and showing the removal of the tube.

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view oi.' the modiilcation shown in Fig. 4, and

Figure `6 is a view drawn to a reduced scale and illustrating the removal of the tube at the upper end of the rotameter. Y

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, there is shown a unitary structure including heads I and 2 provided respectively with ilttings 3 and l and 5 and 6 for pipe connections. The unitary structure also includes columns 'I and 8. The heads, the pipe fittings and the columns are cast in one piece.

Obviously this construction presents many adspace indicated at l and this space accommodates endwise movement of thetapering glass tube I in such a way that the tube can be mounted and dismounted. The space 9 is shown as enclosed by two screw plugs II and I2. I3 and I4 indicate packings for'the respective ends of the tube I0, and I and I6 indicate glands for the packing. 'The glands I5 and I6 are connected by bolts I'I with ears I8 and I9 integral with the heads. 20 indicates a screw plug arranged in an opening in the head 2 and it carries a support 2i for the iloat 22. The head 2 is provided with a screw plug 23 which is employed like the screw plug II of the head I to blank oil or close the fitting with which the pipe is not connected. The pipe connections are shown at 24 and 25.

' It will of course be understood that the pipe connections may be made at either side of the heads and they may be led oi! horizontally or by the use of unions led in substantially any desired direction. 'I'he screw plug I2 is provided with a spider 2B which overlies the larger end of thetapering tube I0 and serves to keep it in position as well as to operate as a guard if need be to stop the float.

v One advantage of the described construction is that anv index 21 may be conveniently applied to and supported by one of the columns in any desired position for the purpose oi indicating the level to which the oat should be permitted to rise in order to perform the required operation in connection with which the rotameter is employed. At 22 there is shown -in dotted lines the position thatv may be occupiedby the iloat when the index 21 is used in cooperation with it. In use the tube I0 can be mounted and dismounted without disturbing the pipe c onnections in the following manner: The glands I5 and I6 are backed oi thus releasing the packing. The plug I2 and the spider 26 are removed thus Vmaking the space 9 available so that the tube can be passed endwise thru it. The tube can be remounted by a reversal of the described operations. It may be remarked that since the larger end oi.' the tube is at the head I the taper of the tube facilitates the described operations.

The float 22 can be removed without disturbing any of the parts of the structure except the screw plug and support 2|, when those parts have been removed the float falls out of the tube thru the opening in the head 2.

The construction and mode of operation of the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5 are as abov described except as follows: The space 9* in the head I'A is permanently closed by the pipe fitting 28 and the'tube Il is mounted and dismounted sidewise. For this purpose the space 9 accommodates the end of the tube and affords it endwise motion. When the tube is mounted or dismounted the'glands l29 are of course backed oil. The glands 29 are threaded into the heads. The pin 30 is detachable in respect to the head Ia and it is removed when the tube I0 is to be mounted or dismounted. When in place the pin 3|] serves torliinit` the upward movement of the oat 22. To remove the iioat 22 without disturbing any of the tube packingsthe tting 3i together with the spider 32 and iloat support 33 are removed or detached and then when the pipe 34 is disconnected the oat 22 drops thru the head 2a. y

than two solid columns and two heads integral with the ends of the columns, said heads provided with glands and packings and with spaces beyond the inside of the packings and glands, a tapering transparent tube parallel with the columns and removably mounted in said glands and packings and provided with a. oat, the wall of one of saidspaces provided with a removable threaded element having a float support that enters the tube when assembled and stops short of the gland, thereby permitting removal of the tube. A l

2. In a rotameter the combination of not less than two solid columns and two heads integral with vthe ends of the columns. said heads provided with glands and packings and with spaces beyond the inside of the packings and glands, moreV than one pipe connection integral with the heads and communicating with said spaces, Y

a tapering )transparent tube parallel with the columns and removably mounted in said glands and packings and provided with a float, the wall of one .of said spaces provided with a removable threaded element having a oat support that Aenters the tube when assembled and stops short of the gland, thereby permitting removal oi the tube.

ADELBERT K. FISCHER. GUSTAV B. PETSCHE. 

